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A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.

Abigail Adams

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Fruit Lesson Penetration Retirement Wisdom
The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Contending Difficulty Formed Great Habit Vigorous
The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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Affection Conviction Heart Love Reason Receiving Taken
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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Comprise Duty Few Good Man Whole Word
The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
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Awareness Chance Class Educated Family Female Improvement Intellectual Sex
A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
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Country Emulation Good Liberty Noble People
Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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Ancestor Blessing Hardship Posterity Reap Suffering
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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Convinced Dangerous Grasping Man More
A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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Call Frippery Little Necessary World
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Hand Husband Power Unlimited
These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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Calm Character Endurance Genius Life Wish
Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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Accomplish Back Feet Forever Late Put
The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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Acquire Character Future Importance May Step
What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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Cruelties Detail History Kingdom Powerful Ravage
Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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Good Man Obligation Possible Read
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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Daughter Empowerment Eve Female Mother Severely Smarted

A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.

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A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.

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